Kill App processes - Task Manager

Task Manager on your phone?  Sure there is!  It's on the HTC EVO 3D which is running off of the Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS.

One of the improved feature on the HTC EVO 3D compare to the HTC EVO is the notification screen, where you "pull" the top bar to view notifications, status etc.

 

Now, you can view list "short cuts" of your last opened app and you can easily switch back, similar to how you can hold the "home" button.

Tap on the "Quick Settings" tab, you will find the list of comment settings, just like the ones you see on the default widget, like turn on/off the mobile hotspot, GPS, 4G, Bluetooth, etc.

Tab on the "Total Memory" row, you will see the "Task Manager"

It's a new feature.  Here you can kill running applications and free up some memory.  You might be familiar with the "Advanced Task Killer" app.  I hear mixed review on that app.  Some say actually it would make your phone run slower and drain lots of battery.  For me, I rather use the native feature that comes with the phone.  

Afterall, this phone has 1G of memory, lots more for you to play with,  Ah, one more thing, make sure you Move your Apps to the SD card once you've installed it!  

Laterz Guyz!

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How to check Battery Level on EVO 3D

The HTC EVO 3D's battery is holding up pretty good, especially compare to the HTC EVO 4G.  It's a big improvement.  

Here are to steps of how to check the Battery Level on your HTC EVO 3D.

1.  Go to "Settings" and tap on "About Phone"

2.  You will then see a menu of various config about your phone.  Tap on "Battery"

3.  There you will see some high level information of the Battery usage, also the Battery Level tool bar, which would provide a better idea of how much battery is left.

4.  Tap on "Battery use", you will see a list of detailed information of what is using the battery.  (Pretty interesting though, I am not sure why "Bluetooth" is on my list when I didn't even have that turn on... again, I am not a techie :)

5.  If you want even more information, tap on the top on the Line diagram, you will see the following screen which provides you even more details.

Alternatively, you can install the "Battery Use" Widget  so you can get to screen on Step 4 directly.

Well, hope you enjoy the improved Battery life on the HTC EVO 3D like I do.

Laterz Guyz!

What are these squares? QR Code?

If you've been using a Smart Phone, you probably are familiar with these "squares" or the Quick Response Code or the QR code.  In general, these are a type of barcode that contains much more information than the traditional 2D barcode that you typically see such as the UPC.


You probably see them everywhere nowadays.  On a lot of products.  The idea is it allows you to use your smart phone, such as your HTC EVO 3D, to instantly search on information on the product. 

There are many "scanner" apps you could download from the Android Market.  For me, I've downloaded the free "ScanLife" app.  

It is pretty easy to use, you download from the Market, install it.  Then, when you want to scan something, you just open that app, point at the barcode in the "rectangle" box, it will then search and take you to the information.

For example, when I scan the QR code on this marigold plant tab, I brought me to the following website directly for information.

Usually, scanner apps like this also be able to scan 2D regular barcode.  For example, I used it for scan this barcode - 

It brings me to product information and where I can buy, etc details here

Of course, it is a type of information collections.  It's a type analytic data for businesses.  But for us the consumer, this could come in handle, when you are away from your computer and would like to look up some info.  It's a cool way to go.  You probably also have seen those QR codes on your boarding passes and other things.  

To learn more about the QR code, visit Wiki!   

Try it out now!

Have fun scanning!   Laterz guyz!

How to Save my 3D pictures to 2D

I love my 3D pictures (with .mpo extension) on my cool HTC EVO 3D ... But I want to share my pictures with friends and families who doesn't have the cool phone yet!  I want to share my 3D pictures on Facebook, or view on computer!  What to do? 

Well, one way to share 3D pictures is to upload to site http://www.3dporch.com/  It is a cool site where you could share 3D pictures, somewhat.  But hey, it works!

Well, another way is you could save the 3D pictures to 2D, right on your phone.

Here are the steps to save the 3D pictures to 2D format on your HTC EVO 3D phone.

1.  Tap on the Gallery app

2.  Tap and Hold the picture you would like to convert.  The 3D pictures would have the 3D mark on it.

 3. The following menu would appear, Tap on "Edit"

  4.  Then, the following menu would appear, Tap on "Save as 2D"

 5. Then, Tab "OK"  (or Cancel if you don't want to proceed)

6. Woola!  A copy of the 3D picture is saved in 2D!

Have lots of fun with the 3D functions!  You can upload the 3D videos to YouTube too!

If you know how to do certain functions on your HTC EVO 3D, drop me a line and I will write the instruction!  Thank you for your feedback!

Laterz guys!

Oh No! Roaming!

But why am I roaming?  I should be in an area that has coverage!

Well, maybe the phone is not getting signal from the tower?  I really don't know.  But one thing you could try to do, it's to update your phones "Preferred Roaming List", aka PRL.  You can find the details here for the technical story. 

What it does is it helps the phone to find cell towers to connect to.  Once you've done the update, it could help the coverage.

So, how do you update the Preferred Roaming List on your HTC EVO 3D, here are the steps:

1.  Touch the "menu" key (2nd one with the 4 horizontal bars), then touch "Settings"

2.  Touch "Systems Updates"

System updates

3.  Touch "Update PRL"



4.  Your HTC EVO 3D will be checking for PRL updates.

5.  Done!  Tab OK and you are good to go!  Hopefully not being roaming anymore!

Do you like the "Skin" of my phone?  It's one of the ones from HTC!  You can download from the phone!

Laterz guys!

Sync your Google Contacts

If you have been using an Android phone, you can easily sync up your contacts to Gmail.  Then, your transition to your new COOL HTC EVO 3D would be like a breeze!

So, here is some simple steps of how to Export contact information to your Gmail account:

1)  Press the Menu key (the second one with 4 horizontal bars), touch "Settings"

2)  Select "Accounts & Sync"

3)  Check Back ground data and AutoSync

4)  Select the google account make sure it is set to sync contacts.

Now for the export

1)  On your home screen, touch "People"

2)  Press the Menu key (the second one with 4 horizontal bars), touch "Options" 

3) Touch "Import/Export"

4) Touch "Export to SD Card"

5) Select an account for export - 

7) Export to SD card!  It will create a PCSC_PCSC_00001.VCF file on the SD card.  (you can copy this to a computer and import into outlook or directly into Gmail using internet explorer if you like)

Basically, it is preferred to save all your contacts onto the Google account.  So, it's on Google already and when you switch phone, you don't have to worry about any information being stay on the phone.  So, you should do this procedure and see if there is any contacts saved on your "Phone" rather than "Google".

Once you export the information from "Phone", you can do similar procedure to "Import" the .VCF file back to Google.   Depending on the number of contacts, it might take a while.

After you make sure all contacts are on Google, you can then safely delete the contacts that are on the phone.

When you save contacts, just make sure you save it to Google, rather than Phone.

Similar operation should work for all Android  devices.

What time is it?

I woke up this morning and I thought to myself, are my eyes ok!?!?

Do you see what's wrong with this picture?

Yea!  The Time!  What's happening?    Turns out the clocks are not quite in sync!  Wished that it was still 7:08AM, of course, it has stayed at 7:08AM indefinitely!  It was actually 7:51AM.  Time to go!

I restarted the my lovely HTC EVO 3D, then the problem went away!  Nice nice!  Love it when it works with just a restart!


Be sure to look at the right time!  Laterz guys!

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